Thai MT Fighters suck at Boxing.

I watch a lot of fights and what has struck me more often than not is that thai MT fighters suck at boxing. Their hand speed is pathetic. They don't throw combinations and their guard is open to all sort of punches especially upper cuts and hooks.

This is one of the main reasons I hate watching a fight between two thai fighters. They just stand square against each other and just trade kicks.

On the other hand, western MT fighters have decent boxing skills, Rammon Dekkers, Ernesto Hoost, Remy Bonjasky etc. Anyone care to explain why the west puts much more emphasis on boxing than the thais?

Where's that vid of the thai MT champ gettin KO'd in the 1st round on that HBO PPV a year or so back. Wish I could remember the guys name. Best part was when Larry merchant said something like "He traveled a loooong ways to get knocked out like that."

Bandwagon:
HAY GUIS! SUMOS SUK AT BALLET! LOLZ

You can't make people smarter. You can expose them to information, but your responsibility stops there.

i for one notice a trend in which all martial artists tend to be crap at crocheting small bobble hats with their eyes closed in an air tight room slowly filling with acid.
feel free to prove me wrong though 0_0

right but nomatter how similar some aspects of the styles are the crossover from MT to boxing is still significant.
the distancing is completely different as you're not expecting kicks and a MT guard would be lower for blocking kicks.
plus if someone's kicking you its harder to get in with punches so they would naturally be secondarily trained.

its like saying karateka suck at grappling. sure they learn it but it's not primary technique.